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hawk22



Joined: 28 Jan 2018
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Location: Northern Virginia

PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:34 pm    Post subject: North Florida/southern Georigia modified Dodge Reply with quote

1959...
First competitive car of Lee Roys career. A big heavy Dodge bodied modified
with a W head chevy truck engine. Lee Roy was an instant winner and drove
for Red Moore several years before moving on.
Hard headed and even harder to get along with, but loved to have his picture taken.


Lee Roy drove five different 39's in a short period of time.
With Dodge, Chevy, and Ford bodies. Always with the W head engines.
His brother Eldon followed him in the 39 cars but Red Moore never made
the transition to late model sportsmans...







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sentsat71



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Location: Fenton, IA

PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW ! ! !
COOL looking build!!

Like the stories as well...
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Radar43



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:14 pm    Post subject: car Reply with quote

Sweet! Nice build.
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hawk22



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This car had a few unusual features. Not racing tires at all but tall skinny ambulance
hearse tires from a company in south Florida.
Heavy but weak frame, broke several times (in half!).
Engines were built from rejected blocks supplied by a GMC dealer in Jacksonville.
And the Dodge body, only one I had ever seen. But as a kid back in the day everything
was a 32 Ford coupe, thanks to AMT. Shocked to find out all these years later its
a Dodge (or maybe a look a like Plymouth). But I do remember that cut down door...

Body, tires & wheels, rear end all from Bigdonkey.com. The front end & the white walls
are front a revell 1932 Ford kit. Frame, roll bars etc are scratch built with Evergreen plastic.
AMT W head engine.
Thanks for all the reference pictures and details from a friend in Florida. I would never had know the numbers & sponsors were outlined in light blue.





Young LeeRoy Yarbrough with a great (short) NASCAR career ahead of him.
Driver of the year and Daytona 500 winner in 1969.
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Henryjint



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Location: NY State's Hudson Valley

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nicely done!!!
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Gary Davis



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Location: Tacoma,Washington

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great job on this replica Hawk.
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gcreswell



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

excellent work on this one
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afx



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice!
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